Ritual Items:
- Drinking horn or glass
- Mead, beer, cider, or another beverage
- Blessing bowl
- Candle
Private Blot
In order to make an offering to Eir for her help in keeping you and yours healthy, first pour yourself a horn (or glass) of mead or other beverage and say:
“Eir, goddess of healing, hail!
Goddess of mercy, hail!
Handmaiden of Frigga, hail!
Odin’s Valkyrie and she who is considered the best leech, hail!”
Drink some of the mead or beverage and pour some out into the bowl for Eir so that you may help her through this offering to help with healing everywhere, so that she may also help you and yours when the time comes. Light the candle and say:
“Physician of the Gods, the Merciful One.
I give praise to you so that you may have the strength
I thank you for all you do and have done for me
I ask you to keep my family and loved ones healthy.
To help me when I need it and to have mercy
When I am in need.
Help me make the right choices
So that I can heal myself when needed
And be prepared for your skill and magic
I give this prayer as a thanks and as praise.
Hail Eir, Greatest Physician!”
Order or cook yourself a special meal. Give some of your food and drink to Eir with the thought of giving her the strength and energy she needs to heal–all those others who need her gift.
Throughout the meal, think of it must require of her to heal others who need her blessings, to be a handmaiden to Frigga and devoted to healing. Pour some more mead or other beverage in a final simple thank you to Eir and say:
“Spirits of the sky and the plentiful earth, spirits of running water and plants of field, forest, mountain, and ocean, ancestors of old and to the gods and goddesses: Accept this offering, my gift unto you.”
This was a great help to this heathen who is learning to follow the Asatru path.
Thank you! I’m new to Heathenry and am far more comfortable asking for help from other gods, but I wanted something special to use as a basis for asking for help for a friend’s elderly relative who is having some health challenges. I’m also dealing with two chronic health conditions, so Eir is good for me to get to know as I step out of my comfort zone, where mostly Thor has my back (he’s been helping me find the courage to speak up for myself and others, and to not stay to the side when there are things that I can do to help others who may be in danger). I really enjoyed using this year’s Yule celebrations to learn about more of the gods and I’m continuing my learning this year by spending time with more of them. This will help a LOT!
Thank you for your help, but i have a question. When the offering ends, what do i do with the food and the beverage i poured into the bowl? I’m a new pagan and this is gonna be my first time making an offer to the gods.
When you are done with the offerings, find a place outside, like an old tree you are fond of, and pour the remains of your offering out there. You can also leave it out for a bit before doing so.
Animals and such (as in spirits of nature) might end up eating what you offered—I recommend not putting out any offerings that could be poisonous to animals like chocolate when making offerings this way.
If you end up putting them into a fire (chocolate and other such things), there is no issue with disposing of them that way.